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Confession: I've got a bit of an itchy trigger finger.
I'm always scheming new ways to improve my chances. Not surprisingly, I'm one of the most frequent traders in my keeper league, and I've already burned through more than half my transaction bid money in the Dobber Pro League, with Christmas still in front of me (though a slew of injuries is partially to blame for that).
That's my team management style. But today I'm taking off my manager's hat and putting on my stylish commissioner's chapeau, and the question of the day is: how does one determine appropriate transaction limits for a fantasy league?
I've played in leagues that run the gamut from no transactions allowed (the team you draft is the team you end the season with), to no limits whatsoever. Some leagues have a trade deadline; others don't. Some allow trades between teams but no pick-ups from the waiver wire; others allow daily add/drops and implement complex waiver priority systems.
Usually, my guiding principle is, WWGD? (What Would Gary Do?) I kid, of course – I'm not a big fan. But I do ask, WDNHLD? What does the NHL do? On the face of it, the answer is obvious: while the NHL does have limits on roster size and the total number of players an organization may have under contract, there's no fixed limit on the number of transactions a team can make per season. So implementing a transaction limit may strike some as artificial and unrealistic.
But as is often the case, it's not as easy as just adopting NHL rules for my fantasy league. The reality is, though there's no legal limit on transactions in the NHL, there are practical limits. You just don't see NHL teams dropping three players from their roster and replacing them with three new ones on a weekly basis, which is a familiar scenario in fantasy leagues that allow a free-for-all. In the NHL, a team's roster at the end of the season is rarely more than 20% different than the one it iced to start the year, and most of those changes come from within the organizational system (call-ups from the minors, etc.) So while a transaction limit may seem like a foreign concept, the net result may be a fantasy league that operates more like the NHL.
It's always tricky to examine an issue like this in isolation from other rules, because no rule exists in a vacuum. Always consider your rulebook as a whole, and think through how your various rules will play out in conjunction with one another. The suggestions I make here could very well change depending on the circumstances of your league. So, rather than giving you my opinion right now, I'll lay out some factors for you to consider as you mull your approach to transaction limits. Then, at the end, I'll let you in on my general approach to this thorny issue.
Questions to Consider
Philosophy: What kind of league do you want? Do you want it to be like the stock market, with assets (players) being shuffled in and out of your portfolio (roster) like penny stocks? Or do you favor a slow build approach more typical of the NHL, in which teams are built primarily through the draft and during the off-season, with relatively little turnover from October through May? In other words, which thrills you more - the frantic excitement of day trading, or the lasting satisfaction of patiently building a winner with a series of shrewd moves over a longer period of time? Both have their rewards.
The Draft: How much value do you want to place on the draft? Will it be the primary factor determining success or failure at the end of the year, or is it a mere starting point, after which the deck will be shuffled any number of times throughout the season?
GM Interest Level: Considering your pool of GM's, which system suits them best? Do you have a league full of committed, knowledgeable GM's who will stay on top of their roster and take full advantage of every opportunity to improve their team? Or will three quarters of them lose interest by Christmas, allowing the few hardcore owners to run away from the pack? In short, which approach will make your league the most fun for the most people?
Bench and Farm Size: How big are your benches? Do you have a farm system, and if so, is there freedom to move players up and down? Teams need to have some way of keeping themselves competitive when the injury bug strikes. If you've got lots of players on your farm or bench who can be moved into your lineup, there may not be as great a need for lots of free agent signings or waiver wire pick-ups during the season.
Salary Cap: Does your league have a salary cap, and if so, how will transactions be handled? If a player is dropped, does his salary count against his old team's cap? If that player is scooped up by another team, how much salary are they on the hook for? In a salary cap keeper league, what about the salary for future seasons?
Mid-Season Draft: Will teams have a chance to shake up their roster through a mid-season draft around the all-star break? If so, there's less of a need for lots of ongoing roster tweaking.
Depth of Free Agent Pool: The list of available players looks a lot different in a 10-team league with 15-man rosters than it does in a 30-team league with 22-player rosters and farm teams that are 12 deep. How many signing-worthy players are actually likely to be in play during the season?
Looking Ahead: In a keeper league, what impact will a high transaction limit have on next season? Do you want your teams to be able to snap up the missed gems right away, or will it make next year's draft more interesting if most of those players remain in the draft pool for next season?
The Commish's Take
With all these factors in play, I can't tell you what's best for your league. But as a general rule of thumb, I tend to favour more transactions in one-year leagues, and fewer in keeper leagues. (And when I say "transactions," I'm referring to add/drops, not trades between teams – I see no reason to ever put a limit on trading.)
In a keeper league, teams are in it for the long haul, and it's more about building a good team over time than looking for quick fixes on the waiver wire. The teams in my league can cope with injuries fairly easily for the most part, as we have seven bench players, and additional players can be called up from the farm. As a result, we limit it to two free agent signings per season. This allows us to get the best "missed" players into the league quickly, so when Craig Smith and Matt Read came out of nowhere early this season, they were quickly plucked. At the same time, there will still be lots of interesting players available for our next draft.
In a one-year league, there's no tomorrow. Transactions this season have no impact on next year's draft, and no one is building for the future. I still want to maintain some semblance of stable teams and not just a rotating cast of characters, but a higher transaction limit generates excitement and keeps more teams in contention, deeper into the season. Might as well live for the moment and let it roll!
So, what kind of transaction limits have you put in place? And as a manager, are you a frequent mover and shaker, or a slow and steady hand?
duducks said:
I would never discourage trading.
I would never have unlimited adds. Allowing streaming forces everyone to stream to be competitive.
Robert Esquire said:
Best league I've ever been in.
Flying Hellfish said:
The way it works is that an add/drop is worth $2 and a trade is worth $5. Loans, which we are phasing out this year are worth $10 for each team involved. All the money goes to the season's winner. The buy in at the beginning of the season gets pooled and goes towards the prize money at the end of the 10 years. We also have fines that take a hit of the cap too. Ie renegging on a trade is a $10 fine.
The guys in my league love this system because even if you are way behind in the overall standings, a single season victory can fetch you a good chunk of coin, which hasnt been lower than $650 so far. So it keeps guys active every season.
Furthermore, we can trade for cap space. Ie. trade a pick for $20, thus making one teams cap total $120 and the other's $80.
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3 transactions per week, not counting trades, 18 man roster, 10 teams, h2h
no limit transactions, but only 164 games per position, 19 man roster, 10 teams. roto
no limits of any kind, no salary cap, 18 teams, 19 roster spots, h2h
no limit, salary cap, 25 man roster, very NHL, h2h
all have playoffs
I find all four enjoyable and each has a different strategy. The hardest to win is the no limits, 18 team league because of parity when so large a group of players is used. The rest are weekly h2h battles where transactions can give you a win for a week.
great piece..thanks Mike
Pengwin7 said:
There's roughly 25 weeks.
Anywhere from 1/week to 4/week is pretty good.
My favourite one year league has 2/week for a 20-player starting roster.
Overall, I prefer the transactions to be limited to a lower number - better strategy... and more focus on trading, if major overhaul is needed.
I'm in one (free) league with unlimited transactions... doing well... but not enjoying it - a bit ridiculous. The league leader has made like 150 transactions - and I find myself drained trying to keep pace and field a daily line-up.
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1.Hockey, 15 adds per year, no adds after trade deadline
2.Hockey, 20 adds per year, no adds after end of regular season
3.Soccer, 1 add per 10 days, no adds during summer break (draft only)
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Streaming in a league with less than 250 players active is a very reasonable thing with no limits, there are a ton of 40 point guys and big hit/pim guys that do not kill your +/-. there needs to be something in place to stop this behavior. a high limit more or less solves this


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Today the government of Iran charged that one of the men named as a defendant in Iran Plot case is a member of MEK, a terrorist group fighting against the Islamic government that was sheltered by Saddam Hussein in a base in Iraq.
The defendant, Gholam Shakuri, identified by the Justice Department as an operative of the elite Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, is actually a "key member" of the Mujahedeen Khalq, Iran's Mehr News Agency reported.
The MEK began as an nationalist/Marxist oriented group that fought against the Shah in 1979. According to Juan Cole:
The People's Holy Jihadis was one of two prominent guerrilla groups active in Iran in the 1970s against the government of Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, the then king and a close US ally. The other was the Fedayan-i Khalq or 'those who sacrifice themselves for the people,' a Marxist group. The MEK for its part mixed Islam and Marxism and was headed by the charismatic Massoud Rajavi, to whom members had a fanatic devotion. I remember when I was in Iran in summer, 1976, the newspapers were full of jeremiads about the Islamic Marxists, and I was shown a bombed-out second story apartment in South Tehran, allegedly MEK work.
The MEK later turned to terrorism to fight the new Islamic Republic's clerical leaders, killing scores of innocent Iranians as well as government officials and earning the condemnation of legitimate opposition movements such as 2009′s Green movement that protested election fraud. Iran said that international police agency, Interpol, is a seeking Shahkuri.
What about the Al Quds connection? The FBI charges that Shahkuri is a deputy prominant Al Quds commander Shalai, who has previously been linked to American deaths in Iraq.


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TULSA, Okla. – Oral Roberts University Head Track and Field Coach Joe Dial will be returning to the IAAF World Championships, this time to help coach three of his former student-athletes who are scheduled to compete in the nine-day event in Moscow beginning Saturday.
Of the Division I schools in Oklahoma, only OU (4) has more current or former athletes competing at the World Championships.
Included on the start lists from ORU are All-Americans Jack Whitt (USA) and Jeffery Gibson (Bahamas), both of whom recently finished their senior seasons at ORU. Former Olympian Prince Mumba (Zambia) will also compete at the meet.
A seven-time All-American and 2012 NCAA Outdoor Champion, Whitt will start things off as he competes in the pole vault at 10:15 a.m. (1:15 a.m. Central) on Saturday, August 10. Mumba will also compete on Saturday, taking to the track for the 800m at 11:20 a.m. (2:20 a.m. Central). Round one of the 400m hurdles will feature Gibson at 11:05 a.m. (2:05 a.m. Central) on Monday, August 12.
Gibson could also compete for the Bahamas 4 x 400m relay team, but the exact four on the team will be named later. The Bahamas won the gold medal in the event during the 2012 London Olympics.
A full schedule of events can be found at: http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2013/IAAF-World-Championships-in-Athletics/Schedule.aspx
Now on the sidelines, Dial understands what it takes to compete at the highest level, having earned the bronze medal at the 1989 World Championships in Budapest. Dial also set the world record in 1986 and held the American pole vault record from 1985-1994.
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Li FY, Chaigne-Delalande B, Kanellopoulou C, Davis JC, Matthews HF, Douek DC, Cohen JI, Uzel G, Su HC, Lenardo MJ. Second messenger role for Mg2+ revealed by human T-cell immunodeficiency. Nature. 2011 Jul 27;475(7357):471-6.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- An award "honoring motion pictures which most inspire young people to better lives" was born this week when the first Courage To Succeed Award was presented to the director and the cast of the Oscar nominated documentary feature, "20 Feet From Stardom" by an organization which has pioneered in preparing challenged young people for successful lives for over a century, the YWCA of Greater Los Angeles.
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YWCA of Greater Los Angeles, President and CEO, Faye Washington, noted that "the powerful message '20 Feet From Stardom' conveyed to our young people made evident that we must honor motion pictures which can make that urgent and primary contribution to the lives of those who see it. We hope this award alerts the motion picture industry to its opportunity and obligation to make this life-saving difference."
Director Morgan Neville and renowned singer Tata Vega accepted the inaugural honor before an enthralled audience of over 300 youngsters on the downtown Los Angeles YWCA GLA campus where 1200 young people, many drawn from homelessness, abusive foster homes or even more dire circumstances, are educated, fed, in many cases housed, and all prepared by the Los Angeles Job Corps for assured employment and higher education upon graduation. Neville, in his acceptance speech, said he had felt an obligation to challenged young people when he undertook his documentary on a group of legendary back-up singers who have become a major part of the recordings and tours of the top stars and acts in rock, blues and gospel music in the past four decades. "We understood and cherished the opportunity to infuse young people with the example set by these unique artists that self-belief, preparation and determination help us make the best of our lives."
Accepting the award on behalf of the cast, Tata Vega, just returned from touring with Elton John, informed her riveted young audience that her own youth had reflected theirs, that rejected by her own family she had as a teen wandered these same streets, homeless, "singing aloud because it was my only salvation of spirit and it brought coins from people who were poor, too, enough small change not to starve." She stressed that "singing saved my life and gave me the self-belief we all need to go forward and be what we can be."
In presenting the award, Ms. Washington stated. "There are reasons that this documentary is the longest-running theatrical release of 2013 and still going. Apart from the great music, the hope and determination of this film and of these women inspire our kids with the burning desire to make the most of their lives and, then, to give back to their very needy communities."
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BELVA I. (ANDERSON) ESPESETH, age 82, of Edmund, died on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at Upland Hills Health. She was born February 1, 1929 in rural Highland to Gordon and Clara Anderson. Belva graduated from Highland High School. She received her teaching degree from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and taught in local rural schools. She was united in marriage to Marlin Espeseth on April 16, 1955, at the Otter Creek Lutheran Church. They farmed in the area for many years and later Belva worked at Bloomfield Manor until she retired. Marlin preceded her in death on March 21, 2000. Belva was a lifelong member of Otter Creek Lutheran Church and a member of the ELCA women's group. She was a past member of the Bloomfield Auxiliary. She enjoyed working in her flower gardens, but her greatest joy was her family. Belva is survived by her eight children: Karl of Edmund; Ruth Espeseth of Edmund; Maria (Jack) Leary of Barneveld; Rebecca (Roy) McConnell of Abilene, Kansas; Nels of Chapman, Kansas; Nancy (Michael) Ernzen of South Wayne; Paul (Stephanie) of Galena, Illinois and Linda (David) Watson of Cobb; 11 grandchildren, Nicholas, Patrick and Savannah Ernzen, Joshua Hettenbach and Justin (Megan) Espeseth, Isaac and Kelly Leary, Christopher McConnell, Brandon and Taylor Espeseth, Kaleb Watson. She is further survived by sisters-in-law Dorothy Anderson and Irene Sheppard and brothers-in-law Louie Sheppard and Jack Reese. She was also preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Vernon Anderson; her father and mother in-law Oscar and Susie Espeseth and a sister-in-law Alice Reese. Funeral services were held Dec. 17, 2011, at the Otter Creek Lutheran Church rural Highland with Pastor Roger Koester officiating. Memorials may be made to the Otter Creek Lutheran Church.


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Walking Liberty Halves were made in Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco from 1916 to 1947.
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Larry Goins has been a long-time athletic administrator at Pahrump Valley, Sierra Vista and now Desert Oasis high schools in southern Nevada. He is Executive Director of NADA and has a huge hand in developing the agenda for the annual meeting.
"I want to see some education in the program and I want to see some fellowship," Goins said. "I want our athletic administrators to be able to swap stories and learn to better work together; and I want to give them some education so they can do their job better."
Athletic leaders from all three Sparks-area high schools were in Las Vegas for last week's meeting and they had nothing but glowing things to say about their yearly trek to the conference.
"The conference is always good," Sparks High athletic director Rob Kittrell said. "I like the networking. A lot of these people I only get to see once or twice a year. It's good to talk about what's going on and it's just good to see everybody."
Reed High athletic administrator Kevin Taylor had similar sentiments.
"The biggest benefit of these conferences is the sharing of ideas," Taylor said. "You get to hear what other schools are doing around the state, how they are planning, fundraising, organizing. I hope to pull out a few new ideas every year."
The conference program was held Friday, but on Thursday, prior to the program a variety of professional development courses were held for the school athletic leaders, on topics ranging from legal issues to management strategies to concepts for budgeting and finance.
Spanish Springs High athletic administrator Jen Ritch is on the NADA conference planning committee. She said the professional development courses are something she really looks forward to.
"These are valuable," she said. "They help me be a better administrator. They are so important in validating me in my job. They help me work better with my players, parents and coaches. They give me new ideas. The conference in general recharges me. It makes me feel better and makes me want to go back to work and do a better job."
Friday's conference agenda started with a presentation by Dr. Gregory Dale on 'the art of coaching.' Next came a presentation by Dennis Goodwin on identifying hazing and bullying in athletic programs. Lastly, Dale came back with a second presentation, this one on helping the parents of student-athletes maintain a proper perspective.
In between presentations, drawings were held and the school officials could meet with vendors on a variety of products and services.
Spanish Springs athletic director Art Anderson had heard Dale speak before and he heaped praise on both of his presentations Friday.
"The way he presents his message is what makes him special," Anderson said. "I think it's his background that gives him credibility. When he's working with Coach K and the people at Duke, you know this guy knows his stuff.
"I'd like us to look into bringing him to northern Nevada to speak with our coaches. He would be great."
While Anderson specifically had high praise for Dale, he also said the NADA conference traditionally is beneficial for he and his counterparts around the state.
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AT&T is a good baseball park, But the general seating size is a bit small 16" inches, in fact it has been discontinued by the manufacturer. The guy that said his mother in law had problems fitting in the 16" seat does have a point. The best way to test is, most toilet seats are 14 1/2" inches if you got a lot hanging over the seat then the Oakland Coliseum and the A's-22" inch seats might be a better fit. Either that or the bleachers. I'm sure the Giants regret their choice in seat size looking back at the decision. An don't lean uncovered skin against the Brick facade outside the stadium it is very sharp, nothing cuts like ceramic. They should probably do a light sand blasting to take the edges off. But overall a great looking park. 4 **** out of 5***** stars.
A great venue to work for with the entertainment industries – AT&T Park has hosted a vast array of events, concert tours, television sporting events and more. TEPW Tribal Existance Productions Worldwide has worked for ESPN Television networks with high power laser light shows choreographed for high profile sporting events and concert tours such as Green Day. The friendly staff are easy to work with and the venue facility has very convenient set ups for production companies and vendors that are not in house. It has been a pleasure to be apart of the amazing atmosphere at AT&T Park San Francisco CA USA
Best Venue in Baseball – How can you not like going to AT&T Park? It's so easy to get to via streetcar or car (if you want to pay for parking). There is no bad seat at AT&T Park, which is a testament to how well the park was designed.
The fans are great, the club just won the World Series, and the park is located in the city! Even if you don't like baseball, take your kids or companion out here and you'll have fun.
Great venue in a great location – I have never attended a ball games since a rather disastrous father/son event in St Louis when I was in cub scouts when Kennedy was president but I did attend the SF Opera's annual Opera in the Park event held here. At night depending on the time of year and prevailing winds it can be a bit chilly for people from outside SF. But there are no bad seats anywhere in this place, there is easy access to the "facilities" not to mention ingress and egress. The food selections are excellent as well albeit as pricey as they are in any ball park.
Great place to escape Native Norwegians! – AT&T Park is a great baseball park,and it features all the things every ball park should have. The location is beautiful with a view of the San Francisco Bay. This is the perfect place to escape that Native Norwegian friend,guest or neighbor who knows nothing about baseball!
Awesome park – I have been to 20 or 30 games over the last two years at AT&T Park and I can say i've only been to 1 A's game in Oakland and one in spring ball. The Spring ball stadium is nicer than the one in Oakland. I've been to a few other Parks but have yet to get the total package like ya do with AT&T. I've sat in just about every section in the Park and if you go for that view behind home plate in the nose bleeds, take sunscreen, and don't drink. It can be a very steep stumble down after 3 or 4 trips to the stands. if it's a night game and you have thin skin, get seats up near the left field foul pole. you can duck inside and watch the game through the glass and be 20 feet from a bar overlooking the kids playing home run derby and the game. Stay away from the trolley in right center. I want to jab my drink straw in the next dink that rings the bell for a half inning non stop. It's a ball park folks, it's gonna be expensive. If you're low on cash, stay somewhere within 12 blocks of the stadium, walk, eat before you go to the game, don't drink or do. That'll be the cash you waste. Center field behind the scoreboard is tons of food and things for the kids. Enjoy the 3-5 hours you spend at the park. Win or lose, you'll have a good time.
If you're large, sorry, do you use the extended strap when you fly on airplanes? Thats not a me problem, thats a YOU problem. say no to the 3 big macs and snackin all day playin video games and watchin soaps. If you are Fat cause of thyroid or binge eating, i think thats a handicap. get those seats or just watch through the fence in right field for 3 innings, catch your cab, and go back to the hotel with the loaded fridge. Since we're ringing in with sizes, i'm 5'11'' and 230 and i fit fine in every seat.
Great Tour of a Great Ballpark – OK so we all go to the games but have you ever seen what the park looks like behind the scenes. Take the $10 tour and see the press box, inside batting cages, the visitors dugout and more. It's really cool and only takes a couple of hours. You can buy tickets online or buy them at the park. I had family in from the east coast and they loved it. Check it out!
Most awesome park besides Wrigley – Pac Bell aka AT&T Park is one of the most awesome ballparks on the face of the planet.
I follow the A's and the Giants and I like both teams but sorry A's fan about your post. The Coliseum is dreadfully outdated and if you think the Giants ballpark is in a bad neighborhood I have feared for my life being in the area around the A's park; it's total g-etto. The A's do deserve better.
But this is suppose to be about Pac Bell (I hate the "new" AT&T). This is the greatest of the new modern era ballparks with nearly no bad seats in the house. Awesome food, spectacular scenery of the Bay, an incredible array of delicious food, just about any kind of beer or drink on earth is available; by far way vast improvement over the 'Stick. I hear they have a new hi def scoreboard this season and last season they replaced all the tube tv's with flat panels so when you go to get those garlic fries which are to die for, you can watch the plays while standing in line.
I've been to Wrigley and it is a monument to it's era but when it comes to enjoying the old ballgame in a modern era the Giants ballpark is the place to be 1000% hands down. Just be sure to bring a lot of $$$ to enjoy the food and beer with; it isn't cheap. But it's totally worth it.
LOL @ NO PROBLEMS IN OAKLAND – LOL @ the A's fan, of course u didn't have problems with the seats in Oakland, you have an entire row to yourself, as do the rest of the 8,000 A's fans that show up for a game. If I'm not mistaken, didn't they shut off the 3rd level now too, so that it doesn't look like a mausoleum instead of a coliseum? In any case, I've been to Pac Bell, Comerica, Skydome, McAfee, and well, I live in Chicago so of course Wrigley and Comiskey too, and Pac Bell is definitely a close 2nd behind Wrigley, just ahead of Comiskey.
The Place to Be In Baseball (with exception to Fenway, Wrigley, and Yankee Stadium) – Get Skinny, go back to Mt. Davis and start hugging Mike Piazza. Apparently you're not not a city dweller of SF, especially if you got problems with the homeless around the city. I'm sure when they build that stadium in Fremont you'll be all over that statue of Jose Canceco. And why the hell are you attacking fans on this site? Do you have a life you loser? AND STOP USING CAPITAL LETTERS, WE CAN READ FINE WITHOUT YOU USING CAPS LOCK...
I love the Giants and I love this city. I wouldn't say there are problems with the stadium, it just has it's quirks. Sure beats Candlestick at 11 pm in an extra innings games. Still have my Croix pins as a purple heart when I was a kid. I can do without the corporate people, but that's the tradeoff I guess for a grand stadium. When it comes to food, just make sure you get there early, that's when you see the fresh food coming out. Gotta love the Irish Nachos, Cha Cha's, Baby Bulls, and of course the garlic fries. Already a lot of history made at this stadium. I love the Giants and I love the true fans!
Let's take the West and more! GO GIANTS!
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